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Grow up on a farm and you really have no delusions about how the world works. Although I did think teachers lived at the school so I was unclear with how Mrs Thatcher got pregnant.
I mean you grew up believing that it's healthier to eat meat rather than just more profitable to sell it, or that it is morally defensible in any way to create an intelligent creature and then force it into a state of utter lifelong dependency just so that you can exploit its biological processes, so I wouldn't be so sure about that "no delusions" thing. You're on your own supply.
Humans are part of nature too, and we have our animal instincts same as any other animal. Only thing that differs is our capacity to self-reflect and exercise agency over our place in the ecosystem. What matters is that we have respect for life and don't take it for granted. I agree that factory farms, hunting for sport or luxury goods like furs, etc. is wrong, but I don't see a problem with a small farm raising some animals as long as they're treated with respect and given a comfortable life. All animals - including us - are dependent on others for survival.
The mother of the last pig you ate was perfectly capable of raising her own young. But a farmer took that ability from her by locking her in a cage that was so fucking small, she could not even turn around or roll over. That's how a fucking farmer "raises" a fucking piglet. Enrichment? Meeting emotional needs? Basic medical attention for injuries? No. You are put in a cage so small you cannot move, until you die.
The lies you tell yourself are disgusting. Keep them to yourself.
you don't actually know any of that. your guessing.